A record high number of people with disabilities found employment through public job placement offices in Japan in fiscal 2013, according to a new report from the health and welfare ministry.
The government data shows an increase of 14 percent in hiring disabled people from the previous year, bringing the total who found new jobs to 77,883 people. In the current listless economy, that number is significant.
The data also shows that those with mental disabilities finding jobs rose more strongly than those with physical disabilities for the first time.